Junior Data Scientist - London

Junior Data Scientist - London

Job Summary

We are looking to recruit a candidate to work as a Junior Data Analyst in one of our Long/Short Equity teams. Your job will involve discovering information hidden in vast amounts of data.

Job Location: London

Qualifications/Skills Required

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  Education: Bachelors or higher within relevant area of study such as Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, Engineering, Physics or similar.
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  Excellent understanding of machine learning techniques and algorithms (k-NN, Naïve Bayes, SVM, Decision Forests etc).
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  Experience with common data science toolkits such as R, Weka, NumPy, MatLab etc.
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  Great communication skills
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  Good applied statistics skills, such as distribution, statistical testing, regression etc.
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  Good scripting and programming skills preferred
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  Data-oriented personality
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  Relevant work experience preferred

Role

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  Your primary focus will be in applying data mining techniques, doing statistical analysis and building high quality prediction systems.
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  Data mining using state-of-the-art methods
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  Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
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  Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
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  Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear and timely manner
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  Creating automated anomaly detection systems and constant tracking of its performance
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  Conducting industry and company-specific research
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  Initiating and developing primary industry contacts
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  Committing your daily efforts to the highest levels of professionalism, integrity, and excellence
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  Ensuring the accuracy and quality of all of your recommendation materials
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  Supporting fundamental research into companies, industries, and sectors